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Pledge to review environment laws and fund environmental defenders welcome...

(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Labor has pledged to explore options to set up a federal environmental oversight body and reverse the current government's attempts to transfer...

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Flaws in plan to hand over assessment powers to states (ACF - Australian...

(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) on the draft assessment agreement shows NSW policy allows for companies to double count sites as biodiversity and carbon offsets, even though this...

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Carmichael coal mine conditions are not ‘strict’ (ACF - Australian...

(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) When he re-approved Adani's Carmichael coal mine last week Environment Minister Greg Hunt said the project had been approved 'subject to 36 of the...

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More info required: no go for mine expansion in Sydney water catchment (ACF -...

(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The PAC today chose not to approve or reject the company's application, which would see an expansion of the Russell Vale mine in the catchment area...

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Australia quietly adds 49 species to threatened and endangered lists

Brush-tailed bettong, three-toed snake-tooth skink, swift parrot and types of orchid and albatross listed...

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National Landcare grants start to flow across South West region (Australian...

(Source: Australian Government) Minister for the Environment The Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Rick Wilson MP Federal Member for O'Connor Joint media release 20...

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A fine balance: saving Australia’s unique wildlife in a contested land (CSIRO...

(Source: CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) The Brigalow Belt in Queensland is a national hotspot for wildlife, especially for birds and reptiles. Many of these, such...

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Queensland land-clearing plans approved by LNP under investigation

Federal environment department ‘now looking’ at plans to clear 1,310 sq km of bushland, approved by former government but not referred to commonwealth...

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Annex: LIFE programme: 2015 projects (European Commission -...

(Source: European Commission - Directorate-General for Environment) The European Commission has approved an investment package of €222.7 million from the EU budget to support Europe's transition to a...

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Deforestation surges in Queensland ahead of crackdown on land clearing

WWF reports landholders ‘panic clearing’ under the new Labor government in anticipation of protections being restored...

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National Landcare grants start to flow across Peel-Harvey region (Department...

(Source: Department of the Environment - Australian Government) Minister for the Environment The Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Andrew Hastie MP Federal Member for...

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Every Episode of David Attenborough’s Life Series, Ranked

BBC / Anton_Ivanov / Rich Carey / Neirfy / Resul Muslu / Starcea Gheorghe Silviu / Georgia Evans / Tanawat Ariya / Shutterstock / Paul Spella / The Atlantic This Sunday, Sir David Attenborough,...

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Election 2016: Letters to the editor, May 8, 2016

LETTERS It is going to be a long contest of ideas ("Election 2016: a welcome contest of ideas", May 7-8). Let us hope more light than heat will be generated in the process and scaremongering by either...

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Greens to double Perth tree canopy by 2040 (Australian Greens)

(Source: Australian Greens) Perth's tree canopy will double across the city by 2040 with every resident living within five minutes of a greenway under the Greens Urban Forest plan announced today....

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03/03/2016: Rocklands Feasibility Study (CuDeco Limited)

(Source: CuDeco Limited) Feasibility Study ACN. 000 317 251 MARKET RELEASE 3rd March 2016 ROCKLANDS GROUP COPPER PROJECT (CDU 100%) ROCKLANDS FEASIBILITY STUDY Cloncurry mining company CuDeco Limited...

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Abbott/Turnbull government’s environmental record ‘more bad than good’ (ACF -...

(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) 'It is very disappointing to look back at this government's environmental record and see so many poor choices, short-sighted decisions and missed...

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Indigenous owners who defeated Cape York spaceport given back lands after 150...

Annastacia Palaszczuk says lands back with ‘rightful owners’, including site of scheme pushed by Joh Bjelke-Petersen...

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Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Infrastructure project approved (Department of...

(Source: Department of the Environment - Australian Government) Show all Hide all The Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project is an open-cut and underground coal mine located approximately 300 kilometres...

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Environment law change would be undemocratic (ACF - Australian Conservation...

(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The committee backed the government's proposal to repeal s 487 of the Environmental Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Act to restrict the...

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MYEFO lands another punch on Australia’s reefs, forests and wildlife (ACF -...

(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The mid-year economic and fiscal outlook (MYEFO) has confirmed what a low priority Australia's air, reefs, forests and wildlife are to the Turnbull...

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